Supermoon photos: See wonderful shots of 2017 lunar spectacle

Jeannie Evans

New York City-based astrophotographer Gowrishakhar ("Gowri") Lakshminarayanan captured both these images of the supermoon on December 3, 2017, and a regular full moon in July, then created this infographic to compare the difference in size side by side. A supermoon is a full moon that is at or near (90 percent of) its closest point in its orbit around Earth (perigee).

The moon on Sunday into Monday was 222,135 miles from Earth.

A supermoon can only happen if it's a full moon and if the moon is closer to Earth than usual.

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